[rhartlein]

I just found how to solve my problem :

Here is the answer:

When clicking “Never” in the dialog asking whether to create a portable home directory or not, MCX creates a preference-file (or an entry in the file if it exists already) in /Library on the client machine called com.apple.MCX.plist

This file contains an entry for each mobile user having chosen to never create a portable home directory on the machine. The key is like

MobileAccountNeverAsk-username

in my case it was

Mobile AccountNeverAsk-mobiletest

the value is 1.

After deleting the file, the dialog reappeared at login, and I could successfully create a portable home directory on the machine.

I guess deleting the key/value pair concerning the mobile user without deleting the whole plist file would have done it also.

[rhartlein]

Thank you for your reply !

I am still quite a novice, so please excuse my not so professional questions …

So I can hook up both iMacs to a switch, the switch to the router/modem, configure one iMac with OS X Server (even with only one Ethernet port on the iMac ?) and give it a fixed IP (ex. 192.168.0.200).

Then while configuring DNS, I create a zone with my “domain”, and select “other” in the server IP Address menu in the “General” Tab and enter IP 127.0.0.1. Right ?

On the clients, I use Directory Access to connect them via LDAPv3 to 192.168.0.200, right (and DHCP to get an IP from the router/modem) ?

Thank you.

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